Johnny Depp

"Cry when you need to, it's good for you."

"I've never been able to understand why people haven't figured out how to be happy."

"There's a drive in me that won't allow me to do mediocre work."

"One of the greatest gifts you can give someone is your honesty."

"I consider myself a very friendly person."

"Loyalty is everything in the family."

"Whatever is eating at you, just say it and deal with it. It's not what you say or when you say it, it's how you mean it."

"The financial industry is a deadly current occupation."

"I always feel like I have a kind of complex mind."

"What's eating you is never as bad as what you imagine."

"I've been very fortunate and I've had a wonderful life."

"The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street and you think, 'Maybe I'm more of a structured actor', but then something happens and you think, 'No, I could do other things.'"

"I think everybody has weird things about them."

"I look at acting as an instrument for a larger cause."

"I'm an old-fashioned guy, I like the old-fashioned things."

"I'm just a guy who sits down to write down what's on my mind."

"I believe that art is nature."

"I wanted to be Pepe Le Pew, I wanted to have that little tuft of white and have a European accent."

"I'm willing to explore the avenues and try different things, because I have to."

"I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."

"You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel."

"The truth is, when you're a star kid, you don't have a lot of privacy."

"I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I don't like conforming to the system."

"One of the greatest things about being an actor is you get to step into the shoes of people you may never meet."

"I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane and course has been a rocky road."

"I always try to get away and see the lighter side of life."

"I'm just trying to do my job."

"Somewhere in my misguided youth, I thought it would be a good idea to wear a cowboy hat."

"I love being able to share my life with someone special."

"Work shouldn't be painful, it should be pleasurable."